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Yelahanka (leafhopper)
''Yelahanka'' is a genus of leafhopper belonging to the tribe Ledrinae, Ledrini. The genus name was derived from Yelahanka, the suburban locality of Bangalore where the type species ''Petalocephala bainbriggei'' described by William Lucas Distant, W L Distant in 1916 was found breeding on trees of ''Monoon longifolium, Polyalthia longifolia''. Species *''Yelahanka canaraica'' (C.A. Viraktamath, Viraktamath, Webb & Yeshwanth, 2021) - India: Karnataka, Kerala *''Yelahanka granulosa '' (Distant, 1920) - India: Karnataka (=''Petalocephala bainbriggei'' Distant 1916) *''Yelahanka kodaiensis'' (C.A. Viraktamath, Viraktamath, Webb & Yeshwanth, 2021) - India: Tamilnadu *''Yelahanka montana'' (C.A. Viraktamath, Viraktamath, Webb & Yeshwanth, 2021) - India: Tamilnadu *''Yelahanka nepalica'' (C.A. Viraktamath, Viraktamath, Webb & Yeshwanth, 2021) - Nepal *''Yelahanka punctata'' (Walker, 1851) - India: Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra *''Yelahanka shillongensis'' (C.A. Virakt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leafhopper
Leafhopper is the common name for any species from the family (biology), family Cicadellidae: based on the type genus ''Cicadella''. These minute insects, colloquially known as hoppers, are plant feeders that suck plant sap from grass, shrubs, or trees. Their hind legs are modified for jumping, and are covered with hairs that facilitate the spreading of a secretion over their bodies that acts as a water repellent and carrier of pheromones. They undergo a partial metamorphosis, and have various host associations, varying from very generalized to very specific. Some species have a cosmopolitan distribution, or occur throughout the temperate and tropical regions. Some are pests or Vector (epidemiology), vectors of plant viruses and phytoplasmas. The family is distributed all over the world, and constitutes the second-largest hemipteran family, with at least 20,000 described species. They belong to a lineage traditionally treated as infraorder Cicadomorpha in the suborder Auchenorrhy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
